Pandora Handheld

jamotto · 26th May 2008, 07:19 AM

Anybody hear of Pandora? I found it over on the dcemu.co.uk forums. It looks like it might be a good homebrew handheld.

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Today I am working with a very cool upcoming gaming handheld. It will run all the emulators you see here and much much more. It should be capable of fullspeed Sony Playstation 1, with the ability to beat out the PSP in performance of emulators such as N64. It's a beast, and best of all it's 100% homebrew friendly. No jailbreaking needed, no unlocking, no fuss.

Here's its specs:

ARM® Cortex™-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
430-MHz TMS320C64x+™ DSP Core
PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
800x480 4.3" 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
Wifi 802.11b/g & High Speed USB Host
Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
Around 10+ Hours battery life

Yes, that means a bigger and better screen, wifi, faster video chipset, faster processor, upgradable storage, and analog and digital controls with a full keyboard.

Lacus · 26th May 2008, 08:02 PM

Well, I only heard before Pandora Battery (something to upgrade or downgrade a psp

) Woah, to beat PSP? Is it possible? Specifications wise seems not bad

Hmm,it only has slight larger screen compare to PSP (720x480)except that pandora thingie has touchscreen :O

jamotto · 26th May 2008, 11:14 PM

This looks like the official website OpenPandora.org - Pandora The OMAP3 Powered Handheld Linux Console

PsYkHoTiK · 26th May 2008, 11:26 PM

Price is a bit steep. $330. I'll happily stick with my PSP.

jamotto · 26th May 2008, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

Price is a bit steep. $330. I'll happily stick with my PSP.

True, it is high, but might be worth it as it's an open platform unlike the PSP.

miahman · 27th May 2008, 12:17 AM

woah it looks really coool.

might go for it if i win the lottery.

Lacus · 27th May 2008, 12:40 AM

PSP Ftw

miahman · 27th May 2008, 12:42 AM

wat 'ftw' mean lol.

my abbreviation database aint really good.

PsYkHoTiK · 27th May 2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jamotto

True, it is high, but might be worth it as it's an open platform unlike the PSP.

While I can't disclose anything specific (forum rules), one can get all of that stuff working on the PSP.

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Originally Posted by miahman

wat 'ftw' mean lol.

my abbreviation database aint really good.

For The Win.

Chai · 27th May 2008, 07:47 AM

Other than games selection, this looks a lot more interesting. Spec wise, feature wise. I love devices with full QWERTY keyboard.

26th May 2008, 08:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	Well, I only heard before Pandora Battery (something to upgrade or downgrade a psp ) Woah, to beat PSP? Is it possible? Specifications wise seems not bad Hmm,it only has slight larger screen compare to PSP (720x480)except that pandora thingie has touchscreen :O __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

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27th May 2008, 12:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	PSP Ftw __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

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26th May 2008, 11:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
jamotto I'm a regular Join Date: 3 Mar 2005 Posts: 466 Reputation: 142 Rep Power: 5	This looks like the official website OpenPandora.org - Pandora The OMAP3 Powered Handheld Linux Console

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miahman I'm a regular Join Date: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 313 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 2	woah it looks really coool. might go for it if i win the lottery.

27th May 2008, 12:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
miahman I'm a regular Join Date: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 313 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 2	wat 'ftw' mean lol. my abbreviation database aint really good.